America spent $950 Billion on health care maintenance in 1992 and the costs keep escalating. The primary assault of the medical community has been aimed at eradicating the bacteria and viruses, mutant cells and genes that cause diseases as short term as the common cold and as life threatening as cancer and HIV. Despite the excessive resources employed against debilitating life threatening disease, statistics give an ominous premonition in skyrocketing cancer and HIV rates and the growing ineffectiveness of yesterday's miracle drugs, including antibiotics which were once hailed as the "cure all".
The medical community is facing a crisis, as drugs used to overpower disease are now being recognized as the very cause of what is undermining the patient's health and vitality, causing well documented side effects that enhance the proliferation of the disease process. Over 300,000 annual deaths in America are attributed to drug and surgery complications, affectionately called iatrogenic deaths. According to the FDA, the Center for Disease Control, and the Public Citizen Health Research Group, one year of adverse prescription drug reactions include:
The evidence is clear that our emphasis must shift from what is making us sick to what can keep us well. Your best health insurance policy is to take back the responsibility for your own health from the medical establishment. Giving your body full-spectrum nutrition including the full range of micro-nutrients is a critical component of an effective health program.